NASA Gives Voyager 2 a New Lease on Life Nearly 48 Years After Launch
NASA says power-saving steps will keep Voyager 2 operating into 2027 as the probe loses about 4 watts of power each year.
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NASA gives Voyager 2 a new lease on life nearly 48 years after launch
Nearly 48 years after its launch, NASA engineers have found a way to keep Voyager 2s mission going for at least another year. Could the spacecraft even remain operational through its 50th anniversary?Nicknamed the Big Bang, the effort involved shutting down some powered devices and replacing them with lower-power alternatives while keeping the spacecraft warm enough to function. Voyager 2 is powered by radioisotope thermoelectric generators, whi…
NASA Extends Voyager 2's Mission With Major Power-Saving Move
NASA engineers have found a way to extend the operational life of Voyager 2, potentially allowing the nearly 50-year-old spacecraft to continue studying interstellar space into the 2030s. According to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, engineers used a power-saving procedure known as the "Big Bang" to reduce the spacecraft's energy demands.Voyager 2's power comes from radioisotope generators fueled by decaying plutonium. The system loses roughly …
On the one hand, an announced radio silence, almost inevitable. On the other hand, a team of engineers who refuse to give up their arms in the face of the laws of physics. It is in this in-between that NASA has just achieved a small energy-equilibrium exploit. More than 21 billion kilometers from the Earth, the Voyager 2 probe continues [...] More
Launched almost half a century ago, the Voyager 2 probe drifting into interstellar space, has just received an unexpected suspension. An engineering feat realized at a distance where our messages take a day to arrive.
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